Three Worlds Meet: The Columbian Encounter and its Legacy (NH115Print)

Three Worlds Meet Out of PrintA reproducible, document-based teaching unit

NOTE:

NH115 is the printed format

This title is also available for immediate download in digital format asNH115Ebook

Drawing on a wide variety of sources, this unit allows students to explore the Columbian Encounter from the perspective of Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. Lessons include North American and European maps, pictures of Native American artifacts, and written documents taken from the Aztecs, Columbus’s log, Bartolomé de Las Casas, etc. This unit traces the background of the encounters, motives for exploration, and shipboard life.

Grades 5-8

LessonsLesson One: The Changing European World View
Lesson Two: The Many Peoples of the AmericasLesson Three: The First Voyage- Motives and Shipboard ConditionsLesson Four: First EncountersLesson Five: Relations among the RacesLesson Six: Seeds of Change and the Colombian Legacy